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Peacock

Directed by Bernhard Wenger
Austria, Germany 2024
Runtime 102'

Matthias is a master of his profession. Do you need a ‘cultured boyfriend’ to impress your friends? A ‘perfect son’ to influence your business partners’ opinion of you? Or maybe just a sparring partner to rehearse an argument? Whatever it is, just rent Matthias! While he excels at pretending to be someone else every day, just being himself is the real challenge.

Directed by
Bernhard Wenger

Screenplay
Bernhard Wenger

Cinematography
Albin Wildner

Editing
Rupert Höller

Music
Lukas Lauermann

Sound Design
Ken Rischard,Ines Vorreiter, Matthias Ermert, Alexander Koller

Production Design
Katharina Haring

Costumes
Gitti Fuchs

Cast
Albrecht Schuch, Julia Franz Richter, Anton Noori, Maria Hofstätter, Theresa Frostad Eggesbø, Branko Samarovski, Salka Weber, Tilo Nest

Production
Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser, Nikolaus Geyrhalter (NGF Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion)

Co-production
Martina Haubrich (CALA Filmproduktion)

International Sales
mk2 Films

Italian Distributor
I Wonder Pictures

Christelle + Co
Christelle Randall
christelle@christelleandcopr.com

Echo 
Stefania Collalto
collalto@echogroup.it

Friday 30.08
8.30am Hall Perla
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Saturday 31.08
1.30pm Hall Perla
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Sunday 01.09
7.15pm Hall Corinto
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39.SIC

Bernhard Wenger (1992) is an Austrian filmmaker based in Vienna, where he studied directing at the Vienna Film Academy. He loves to work with subtle, odd and visual humour. His short films Excuse Me, I’m Looking for the Ping-Pong Room and My Girlfriend won more than 40 awards including the 2019 Austrian Film Award and was selected at 120 festivals. Peacock is his first feature film, which he developed at the Cinéfondation Residence of Festival de Cannes 2020.